When Bay Area Detective Cody Flint receives a call from an old friend in trouble with Chinese drug runners, he puts his badge on the line to prove his buddy’s innocence and rescue him from certain death. With a loose cannon for a partner and an FBI snoop hot on his heels, Flint will stop at nothing to uncover the truth and put the real criminals behind bars… This game is an action movie buddy cop drama using the now-defunct Bad Attitudes Action Movie RPG, recorded on the table and presented with minimal editing.

The second chapter of Project Z opens with the PCs adjusting to their new role as unwitting heroes of the Gaiten District of Mortiston. The show opens with new characters in the mix, alongside our old favorites, as the dust settles and they slowly start to plot a new course through the perilous hysteria that seems to have gripped the city… The game is a post-apocalyptic survival horror adventure using the Welcome to Mortiston, USA! campaign scenario. If you enjoy this episode, we recommend you explore the previous episodes in the series. The system is Savage Worlds. Players use Hero Lab to manage their characters. If you are interested in online gaming with Savage Worlds, you might also consider Google Hangouts and Roll20.

The Metagamers Anonymous Zeitgeist campaign continues as the PCs discover treachery afoot in the bowels of the R.N.S. Coaltongue. As the king is preparing his speech, his sister the duchess commands a retinue of able-bodied accomplices to begin a chain reaction that will ultimately destroy the ship and kill everyone aboard. Only the heroes can stop the disaster in time, or delay the inevitable long enough for the royal guests to abandon ship… This is the second session of the Zeitgeist: Gears of Revolution adventure path from EN Publishing, recorded live at the game table with minimal editing and all the joys of rustling chip bags and clattering dice. If you enjoy this episode, we recommend you explore our other Actual Play episodes. This is our group’s very first Pathfinder game!

The Metagamers Anonymous Zeitgeist campaign opens with the PCs working the crowd at the launch of Risur’s new industrial marvel, the R.N.S. Coaltongue – an iron-sided steamship to act as the new flagship in the king’s navy. The heroes are officers in the Royal Homeland Constabulary, responsible for safeguarding the king and weeding out dissidents in the hours leading up to the christening… This is the first session of the Zeitgeist: Gears of Revolution adventure path from EN Publishing, recorded live at the game table with minimal editing and all the joys of rustling chip bags and clattering dice. If you enjoy this episode, we recommend you explore our other Actual Play episodes. This is our group’s very first Pathfinder game!

The fifth episode of The Obsidian Crown continues with the PCs returning to Asura’s fiery grove in the heart of the East Wood in search of the mysterious “heart of the forest.” The witch may be dead, but death may not be the ending everyone expects it to be… The game is an adventure scenario featuring elements of horror, intrigue, and warfare set in a unique fantasy world. If you enjoy this episode, we recommend you explore our previous Actual Play episodes. The system is Savage Worlds. Players use Hero Lab to manage their characters, and the campaign is managed using Lone Wolf’s Realm Works campaign management software. If you are interested in online gaming with Savage Worlds, you might also consider Google Hangouts and Roll20.

The fourth episode of The Obsidian Crown continues with the PCs diving headlong into the wood in search of the mysterious witch Asura and her captives. A heroic rescue is afoot, but at what cost…? The game is an adventure scenario featuring elements of horror, intrigue, and warfare set in a unique fantasy world. If you enjoy this episode, we recommend you explore our previous Actual Play episodes. The system is Savage Worlds. Players use Hero Lab to manage their characters, and the campaign is managed using Lone Wolf’s Realm Works campaign management software. If you are interested in online gaming with Savage Worlds, you might also consider Google Hangouts and Roll20.

The third episode of The Obsidian Crown continues with the PCs working to unlock the dark secret which seems to grip the people of Aldrin. The King’s Army is moving to occupy the town, while Lord Captain Daniel Mortlock begins an earnest interrogation of the bursar and his family. But the heroes soon find that some secrets offer more questions than answers… The game is an adventure scenario featuring elements of horror, intrigue, and warfare set in a unique fantasy world. If you enjoy this episode, we recommend you explore our previous Actual Play episodes. The system is Savage Worlds. Players use Hero Lab to manage their characters, and the campaign is managed using Lone Wolf’s Realm Works campaign management software. If you are interested in online gaming with Savage Worlds, you might also consider Google Hangouts and Roll20.

The second episode of The Obsidian Crown continues with the PCs preparing to visit the village just to the west of the East Wood. The King’s Army remains secreted amidst the trees, while Lord Captain Daniel Mortlock arranges to meet with the village bursar in an attempt to learn more of what has transpired in the kingdom during his long absence…. The game is an adventure scenario featuring elements of horror, intrigue, and warfare set in a unique fantasy world. If you enjoy this episode, we recommend you explore our previous Actual Play episodes. The system is Savage Worlds. Players use Hero Lab to manage their characters, and the campaign is managed using Lone Wolf’s Realm Works campaign management software. If you are interested in online gaming with Savage Worlds, you might also consider Google Hangouts and Roll20.

The opening session of The Obsidian Crown introduces the PCs as they establish a hidden military camp at the eastern edge of the kingdom. The King’s Army is returning home after fifteen long years abroad, to find that the king who summoned them home is dead and a new monarch holds sway in the capital. Though anxious to return home, Lord Captain Daniel Mortlock is gripped with a sense of caution, unwilling to expose his forces without learning more about the state of the kingdom and the man who calls himself king….. The game is an adventure scenario featuring elements of horror, intrigue, and warfare set in a unique fantasy world. If you enjoy this episode, we recommend you explore our previous Actual Play episodes. The system is Savage Worlds. Players use Hero Lab to manage their characters, and the campaign is managed using Lone Wolf’s Realm Works campaign management software. If you are interested in online gaming with Savage Worlds, you might also consider Google Hangouts and Roll20.

Before moving on the next Actual Play series in our queue, Erik sits down with three of the Project Z players for a friendly game of Fiasco set in Mortiston during the events of the campaign. The game is a zombie apocalypse scenario set in an isolated town in southern Colorado. We recommend you listen to the previous Actual Play episodes before enjoying this one, but it isn’t strictly necessary. Fiasco is a sort of improv RPG in which players take turns establishing scenes that build an unnecessarily complicated set of relationships into a miasma of conflict and despair from which – in the midst of the zombie apocalypse – you can easily surmise that not everyone escapes intact. Most of the group is new to Fiasco, so much of the setup and instructional material remains in the recording for listeners interested in learning how the game plays out. We will also be posting a copy of the After Z-Day: The Zombie Apocalypse in Mortiston USA! playset for listeners interested in trying it out.

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The Metagamers Anonymous Actual Play Series follows the virtual tabletop escapades of a group of listeners and fans in Erik's regular online gaming sessions played over Google Hangouts. The first series is a zombie apocalypse scenario played in the Savage Worlds system, entitled Project Z. Stay tuned for future episodes which will pursue our intrepid adventurers into other games and genres, including the recently launched Savage Worlds fantasy campaign The Obsidian Crown.